diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/extensions/extensions.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/extensions/extensions.test.ts
index 6fd6a61e598..d705254e193 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/extensions/extensions.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/extensions/extensions.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export function setup() {
 
 			await app.workbench.extensions.installExtension(extensionName);
 
-			await app.reload();
 			await app.workbench.extensions.waitForExtensionsViewlet();
 			await app.workbench.quickopen.runCommand('Smoke Test Check');
 			await app.workbench.statusbar.waitForStatusbarText('smoke test', 'VS Code Smoke Test Check');
diff --git a/test/smoke/src/vscode/code.ts b/test/smoke/src/vscode/code.ts
index a6b3a1e9da4..e84d9d25701 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/vscode/code.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/vscode/code.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ export async function spawn(options: SpawnOptions): Promise<Code> {
 		'--skip-release-notes',
 		'--sticky-quickopen',
 		'--disable-telemetry',
-		'--disable-extensions',
 		'--disable-updates',
 		'--disable-crash-reporter',
 		`--extensions-dir=${options.extensionsPath}`,